when i was hit on my R6 by a dude, he got a ticket. i got subpoena'd because he wanted to fight his ticket. by that point, i had already been paid out generously for my bike/helmet/lost wages/etc... i was fine and the few bruises i had were long gone. i went to court and the dude didn't even try to lie, told the judge he didn't see me, it was an accident. judge gave him the full points/fine, then thanked me for coming because without me they would have had to let him go. that made me feel bad because i already got paid and wasn't hurt, i didn't really care if he got a ticket, i just wanted my bike back. in my head i was like, "i figured i would have gotten in trouble for ignoring it, that's the only reason i showed up." but whatever i guess...

Someone hit my car with his car and received a traffic citation from the police officer who came to the scene. The crash report makes it clear that the other driver was completely at fault.

The other driver told his insurance company that I was at fault. He is fighting the citation and has a court date. I think I have located the date and time and location of the court date.

I did send the other insurance company the crash report and gave a recorded statement to them today. They will get another recorded statement from the other driver tomorrow.

If the other driver does not recant, and sticks to his story, is it ok for me just to show up at his court date, so I can give my side of the story to the court, and prevent the citation from being removed?

when i was hit on my R6 by a dude, he got a ticket. i got subpoena'd because he wanted to fight his ticket. by that point, i had already been paid out generously for my bike/helmet/lost wages/etc... i was fine and the few bruises i had were long gone. i went to court and the dude didn't even try to lie, told the judge he didn't see me, it was an accident. judge gave him the full points/fine, then thanked me for coming because without me they would have had to let him go. that made me feel bad because i already got paid and wasn't hurt, i didn't really care if he got a ticket, i just wanted my bike back. in my head i was like, "i figured i would have gotten in trouble for ignoring it, that's the only reason i showed up." but whatever i guess...

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I swear he has been looking out better since then. And told a few peeps.

How can a witness who has no personal knowledge of what went down testify?

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In Philly and Pittsburgh traffic court is set up that way.
Even in some of the bigger suburbs the magistrate will schedule say all of the State Police citiations on one day. PSP sends down a representative to be there for all the hearings. Usually these citations get worked out,
reduced, etc. If the person wants an actual hearing and have the officer there it’s rescheduled.
Like I mentioned earlier this could get into dungeon material really quick.

As far as criminal court goes, we arent allowed to have co-affiants. So if we need another Officer there to testify we plaster their name in the complaint/affidavit to hold the case so they both must show.

There’s a whole lot more going on at my place hence my Tennesse thread....

I received a failure to yield citation after a minor accident. I was turning left thru an intersection in front of a blind hill when a car came roaring ice the hill and clipped my rear bumper. Relatively minor damage and no one was hurt. I went to court and beat the ticket due to mitigating circumstances and the cop even showed up and vouched for me. However my insurance still paid for the damage to the other persons car as I had caused the accident. I just avoided the ticket and the points.
So while it's possible to beat the ticket, the other guy's insurance will still likely pay.

I received a failure to yield citation after a minor accident. I was turning left thru an intersection in front of a blind hill when a car came roaring ice the hill and clipped my rear bumper. Relatively minor damage and no one was hurt. I went to court and beat the ticket due to mitigating circumstances and the cop even showed up and vouched for me. However my insurance still paid for the damage to the other persons car as I had caused the accident. I just avoided the ticket and the points.
So while it's possible to beat the ticket, the other guy's insurance will still likely pay.

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yup. that's what my dude's ticket was. he was trying to pull out from a shopping center parking lot to my left, thru a gap in a line cars that was backed up from a red light like 150 feet behind me from where i just turned, just didn't see me and pulled right into me and i had no time to react. without me in court, the cop wasn't there, he didn't see it actually happen, they would have had to throw out dudes ticket. that's what made me feel bad. he wasn't a liar and he wasn't being wreckless, so then i was just like damn... i just fucked this college kid into some points haha